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Zora’s POV
I was taken to a cell and put in jail.
Soon after, I was placed in a cell alongside Kara and Eloise. I assumed Eloise resisted because she was bleeding from the nose.
They couldn’t afford separate cells for all of us.
Other women who had been transported from the East were also imprisoned; some of them were cuffed with silver chains and forced to sit on the floor due to the overcrowding of the cells.
“This is quite unjust. They still treat us like captives even if we swore to fight for the North,” Kara responded, while I could only nod.
“Let’s wait till Darius gets back. I was confident he could set Abelardo in his place.” I told Kara, but she gave me a headshake.
“I don’t think it’s that easy. Darius would have to let the probe forward if the council is supporting Abelardo on this,” she told me what I already knew.
“Why did Elbert murder a council member and assault their mother?” When I questioned Kara, she gave me a grimace.
“Recall that there is a conflict,” I shook my head at what she said.
“Nothing significant can be gained from that,” I remarked, but Eloise only gave me a dismissive headshake.
“He may make the lord and the North unstable. If she passes away, Darius would behave irrationally, giving Elbert the chance he desires.” Eloise
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“Still, that doesn’t seem like Elbert’s way of doing things. I believe this was done to make Elbert seem,” I asserted.
“It makes no difference, we must still respond to inquiries. I wish we had something helpful to share,” Kara replied, knowing that it would be useless if we didn’t know anything.
Nobody came to help us. There, we stayed the night.
“Who allowed you the authority to enter here and carry out this action?”
Darius’s voice came to me. He was furious. So, I had awoken in the cell where they were keeping us.
“What does it matter if Elbert assaulted Mother? Does it imply that you ought to vent your anger on Zora, Kara, Eloise, and the virtuous ladies from the East? What wrongdoing did they do here?” he questioned, then I noticed Abelardo’s answer.
“The instruction came from the Council. So, I’m simply doing it,” In an effort to defend himself. Abelardo claimed. His speech also had a hint of anxiety, in my opinion. Darius was indignant. All of us felt it.
“You’re simply acting as a jerk. Without treating them so poorly, you could have questioned them any inquiry you needed to. I don’t see why you wanted to injure them,” Darius remarked.
“Treating them so poorly, you say? Yeah, of course, I should, because they are prisoners. They ought to be in a cell, not in your bed,” then I heard a punch, followed by an uproar. His brother was being beaten by Darius.
“Please don’t do this, I’m okay,” I swiftly linked him. I was unsure if it was effective, but the discontent subsided. Following some footsteps, I noticed Darius standing in front of our cell.
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“Open it!” he shouted at the guard, making the guy so terrified until he dropped the key twice before unlocking the cell.
“They must respond to the council’s inquiries,” Abelardo said, which I overheard.
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“When that moment arrives, it will be handled respectfully,” Darius answered, then as the cell door was opened right away, Darius ran up to me and carried me out.
I forced him to set me down because I really wanted to walk. However, he felt anxious and terrified.
“I’m not mad at you,” I told him, so he should calm down.
Eloise and Kara were escorted out too.
“I’m sorry I didn’t get back in time,” Darius apologized to me, so I assured him it was alright.
I lied and said they hadn’t when he asked whether they had hit me. I didn’t want Darius to lose control and attack his sibling.
“What transpired?” As we were making our way to the room, I ultimately asked him.
“The house of my mother was assaulted. While a council member was slain, she was hurt. Elbert troops left a message requesting I should give you to him,” I was shocked when he said that.
Abelardo’s rage was justified.
Why would Elbert act in such a manner? What was he up to?
“So he has always known where your mother is located?” Darius regarded me and stared into my eyes as I questioned.
“The second difficulty is that. Only the council members, my brother, and
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I are aware of my mother’s residence. Elbert’s knowledge of the incident. there and his awareness of our impending visit surprised me,” Darius answered. I realized the circumstance was a dilemma.
Either Elbert had an insider and learned more than Darius believed, or Elbert wasn’t actually behind the plot but it had been staged to look like he was. I was afraid to express these thoughts but expected they would find a solution quickly.
“How is your mother?” I decided to ask this question instead.
“She has recovered well and is no longer in danger,” he answered.
I entered after he opened the door.
“You could not worry about the council or Abelardo, Zora. He is a complete bastard. Nobody is asking you to prove anything. Marcel and Raphael are already looking into the plot,” he explained, so I nodded as
an answer.
I woouldn’t be seeing his mother any time soon as a result of this
situation.
Suddenly, Abelardo knocked on our door after Darius and I went back to
our room.
